Kansas City Union Station
Jul 24, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Kansas City Union Station

Designed by noted architect Jarvis Hunt and opened in 1914, 28-track Kansas City Union Station was a classic big city…

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The last PRR steam locomotive
Jul 21, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

The last PRR steam locomotive

On Sept. 3, 1958 – nearly a year after the Pennsylvania Railroad stopped using steam locomotives – PRR 0-6-0 5244…

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Rio Grande mountain power
Jul 20, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Rio Grande mountain power

Huge Rio Grande 2-8-8-2 3615 storms across South Boulder Creek near Pinecliff, Colo., on the climb from Denver to the…

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Boarding the Flambeau 400
Jul 18, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Boarding the Flambeau 400

Travelers board Chicago & North Western train 153, the Flambeau 400 from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to Chicago, at Milwaukee on…

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PRR’s new ‘Congressional’
Jul 17, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

PRR’s new ‘Congressional’

Brand-new from Budd, cars for the Pennsylvania’s Congressional glisten under the lights at 30th Street Station, Philadelphia, during a March…

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Morning Zephyr in the snow
Jul 14, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Morning Zephyr in the snow

Two E5 diesels thunder through Downers Grove, Ill., with the Chicago–Minneapolis Morning Zephyr in January 1948. CB&Q photo [...]Read More...

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MoPac Mikado
Jul 13, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

MoPac Mikado

Bound for the main line at Gorham, Ill., Missouri Pacific 2-8-2 1498 slogs uphill out of DeSoto, Ill., with coal…

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Icing station on the Erie
Jul 12, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Icing station on the Erie

At an icing station on the Erie Railroad, crushed ice is dumped into refrigerator cars from a cart on the…

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GN’s Western Star and Empire Builder
Jul 11, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

GN’s Western Star and Empire Builder

A Great Northern public timetable for Summer 1951 showcases the road’s two Chicago–Seattle/Portland streamliners, the new Western Star and the…

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E7 diesels on the Afternoon Hiawatha
Jul 10, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

E7 diesels on the Afternoon Hiawatha

The Milwaukee Road’s Afternoon Hiawatha, led by two orange-and-gray E7 diesels, picks up speed outside of Minneapolis en route to…

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C&NW narrow-gauge Mogul
Jul 7, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

C&NW narrow-gauge Mogul

Chicago & North Western 3-foot-gauge Mogul No. 279 stands at Fennimore, Wis., in 1925. Known as “The Dinky,” the North…

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